Bag supports



E. D. G. GARTH 2,959,386

BAG SUPPORTS Filed Dec. 3. 1957 INENTOR.

Emesifi 56 51717,

BY 6346? e/ r A TTORNEYS.

United States Patent BAG SUPPORTS Ernest D. G. Garth, 23 Plymouth Road,Summit, NJ.

Filed Dec. 3, 1957, Ser. No. 700,432

Claims. (Cl. 248-95) This invention relates to bag supports. Moreparticularly, it is concerned with a support for the suspension ofsurgical bags and drain tubes at the sides of hospital beds.

The chief aim of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensivesupport for the above purpose which is easily and quickly attachable tothe bed, which is resistive to easy displacement when positioned on thebed, and from which the bag can be quickly removed after being emptiedand replaced, or replaced by a new one.

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following detaileddescription of the attached drawings, wherein:

Fig. l is a perspective view of a surgical bag and drain tube supportconveniently embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the support in vertical section and how thesupport is attached to the bed; and

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary view in perspective showing a modification.

From Figs. 1 and 2 of these illustrations it Will be noted that myimproved support comprises a horizontally elongate frame which, inpractice, is fashioned from stout wire or any other suitably stifi stripmaterial. The end members comprise somewhat irregular substantiallyinverted U-shaped end portions 1 and 2 of which the longer frontal legs3 and 4 are inwardly kinked as at 5 and 6 and are adapted to be engaged,as shown in Fig. 2, downwardly over and beneath one of the side rails Rof a bed. The inwardly kinked portions form ledges for engagement withthe underside of the rails. The longer frontal leg 3 of the invertedU-shaped end portion 1 is formed with a horizontal bar extension 7 overwhich a hem H along the top edge of a rectangular drainage bag B oftransparent flexible material is impaled to sustain the bag insuspension. The pendant frontal leg 4 of the other inverted U-shaped endportion 2 of the frame is formed at the bottom with a retaining hook 8into which the distal end of the bar 7 is sprung from above afterapplication of the bag B to the bar as above explained. Somewhat abovethe hook 8, the pendant frontal leg 4 of the inverted U-shaped endportion 2 is fashioned with a double coil helix 9 between theconvolutions of which the drain tube T leading from the patient in thebed is adapted to be frictionally engaged and thus held firmly andsubstantially vertically with the end of the tube passing down into thebag B through an opening C at one of the top corners of said bag. Theengagement and disposition of the tube T is such as to insure free flowof fluid to the bag B.

When engaged over the side rail of the bed, the frame is held againsteasy displacement as will be readily understood from Fig. 2. When thebag B is full, the tube T can be easily and quickly detached from thecoil 9 and withdrawn from the bag. With this accomplished, it will beapparent that the bag can be removed with equal facility from the bar 7upon disengagement of the latter from the hook 8, and replaced, afterbeing emptied or a new one be substituted for it.

'In the modification, of Fig. 3, the bar 7a is separately formed and hasa pivotal loop connection as at 10 with the pendant frontal leg 3a ofthe inverted U-shaped end portion 1a of the frame. In all otherrespects, the construction and use of the frame of the modification isidentical with that of the frame illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.Accordingly, in order to dispense with the necessity for repetitivedescription all of the elements of the modification, having theircounterparts in the first described embodiment, are designated by thesame reference numerals, with addition however in each instance, of theletter a for convenience of more ready distinction.

While in accordance with the provisions of the statutes I haveillustrated and described two embodiments of my invention, it will beapparent to those skilled in the art that changes may be made in theform of the supports herein described and illustrated without departingfrom the spirit and scope of the invention, as set forth in the appendedclaims, and that in some cases certain features of my invention may beused to advantage without a corresponding use of other features.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A bag support in the form of a wire frame having end members withinverted U-shaped portions for hooking downwardly over a side rail of abed, and a horizontal, bag-holding, cross bar connecting said endmembers at their low extremities, one of said end members beingfashioned in the region below its inverted U-shaped portion to form aclamp for a tube and having opposed clamping elements disposedsubstantially vertically above the point of connection between theaforementioned end member and said cross bar.

2. A bag support as defined in claim 1 in which one end of the cross baris fixedly connected to the lower extremity of one of said end members,and the other end of said cross bar is detachably connected to the lowerextremity of the other end member.

3. A bag support as defined in claim 1 in which the tube clampingelements comprise convolutions of a wire coil having its axissubstantially paralleling the axis of the cross bar.

4. A bag support in the form of a wire frame having end members withinverted U-shaped portions for hooking downwardly over a side rail of abed, and inwardly kinked portions providing ledges adapted to engage theunderside of the rail, and a horizontal, bag-holding, cross barconnecting said end members at their lower extremities, one of said endmembers being fashioned in the region below its inwardly kinked portionto form a tube clamp having opposed clamping elements disposed above thepoint of connection between the aforementioned end member and said crossbar.

5. A bag support as defined in claim 4 in the form of an integral,one-piece wire frame.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS611,122 Hess Sept. 20, 1898 1,140,145 Finger May 18, 1915 1,567,667Ricketts Dec. 29, 1925 2,261,511 Baker Nov. 4, 1941

